2015 ORS § 657.525¹

Lien on subjects and products of labor for which contributions are due

A lien is created in favor of the Director of the Employment Department upon all real property within this state and any structure or improvement thereon and upon any mine, lode, deposit, mining claim, road, tramway, trail, flume, ditch, pipeline, building or other structure or equipment on or pertaining thereto, and upon all lumber, sawlogs, spars, piles, ties or other timber, and upon all other manufactured articles of whatsoever kind or nature upon which labor is performed by the workers of any employer subject to this chapter, in a sum equal to the amount at any time due from such employer to the director on account of labor performed thereon by the workers of such employer, together with interest and penalties.

Notes of Decisions

An individual who performs services for remunera­tion is an employee, and per­son or organiza­tion for whom services are performed is an employer under terms of Employ­ment Division Law even if remunera­tion is paid indirectly rather than directly unless employer shows that some statutory exclusion applies. Lectro Lift, Inc. v. Morgan, 14 Or App 316, 513 P2d 526 (1973)

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